All crop improvement activities ultimately depend on good phenotyping. With the qualitative and quantitative description of plant growth and development, crop researchers are able to isolate improved plant lines. In addition to manual ground phenotyping, CASS researchers from the Forschungszentrum Jülich (https://www.fz-juelich.de/ibg/ibg-2/EN/Staff/Shoot_Dynamics/Muller_Onno/Muller.html?nn=1454730) use unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) to study cassava...
Working together to improve cassava
The starchy, tuberous root of cassava is hugely important as a food crop for millions of people worldwide. Both, the „NextGen Cassava“ (NextGen) and „Cassava Source-Sink“ (CASS) project aim to select robust, high-yielding cassava plants for African small-holder farmers. The high analytical power of CASS and the genetic variability and...